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I'm thinking of biting the bullet and getting a field shelter - which for planning reasons will have to be mobile. Can you tell me:

What make is your shelter?
Size?
How often have you moved it?
Does it have metal or wooden skids? Or wheels?
Do you fix it down in windy weather?
Do you have overhangs and drainpipes on it?
What flooring, if any, do you use?

Anything else I should know?

Thank you.
 
I've got a 12x12 mobile shelter, I've had it since the summer.

It's on metal skids and apart from that it's not fixed down, so far it's stayed put but then we've not had really bad winds yet!! I had guttering put on at the front and its just an earth floor. Oh and I've not moved it at all.

Think about where you want it in field to avoid it having the wind blowing into it and also be prepared your horse/s may not use it that much! So far mine has used it a lot when flies were out and occasionally since then BUT it makes me feel better to know he has it as he's out 24/7 unruggged and will be out like this all winter.

Mine cost £1800 and I used a local company, just looked around on the net and then got quotes. It took a couple of hours to put up.

I also got slip rails on mine, just to have the option of using it as a stable if needs be xx
 
We had mobile stables, they unfortunately blew away in the wind. I really would advise fixing down but then you have a planning problem if any one checks. We were told by the council it had to be moved 3 x a year and not have any hardcore/foundations. When ours were they they worked very well, we but wood chippings as a base then had rubber matting on top and they were always dry. Ours were very well made and had a vent at the back to help the wind travel through but they still blew over.
 
i have a 24 x 12 mobile stable/field shelter combo. It has metal skids and is also secured with stakes at all corners for my peace of mind as im on the top of a hill. Had it 3 years and not moved it yet. I have guttering to the front and earth floors which then have rubber matting on top. mine were built by a local company ,very good finish and were about £3500.
 
15 x 12 mobile from Windsor stables, on metal skids (which are round tube type).
It has an overhang, front & side gutter with downpipe, good kickboards - and also a slatted-vented section on each of the short sides.
Never had to be pegged down in the 4 yrs I've had it so has stood up to high winds.
Moved at least twice a year in the summer (very exposed) paddocks up the top fields & happily follows my farmer-friends tractor.

Adjacent owner had a lightweight one on wooden skids, unlined inside & no overhang - this was matchwood after 6 months due to December/January high winds last winter...
 
CazD said:
I'm thinking of biting the bullet and getting a field shelter - which for planning reasons will have to be mobile. Can you tell me:

What make is your shelter?
Size?
How often have you moved it?
Does it have metal or wooden skids? Or wheels?
Do you fix it down in windy weather?
Do you have overhangs and drainpipes on it?
What flooring, if any, do you use?

Anything else I should know?

Thank you.
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You have to move it or you can be told to remove it from the premisses or dismantled. Once every three months is the normal even if you only move it 2 feet.

check previous post here> http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/councils-target-field-shelters-in-new-planning-crackdown/
 
Mine is 12 X 24, on metal skids, guttering but no overhang. I have moved it with my Discovery in the past but it was a struggle; now a neighbour does it with his tractor. The council have never told me to move it; I do it probably once every 3 years. It has vents opposite the doorways (doors at each end). I never peg it down. In the past I've put rubber mats in there but none at present-I'm about to put a load of rape straw down for the winter. It doesn't have doors but I improvised with electric rope for one who needed box rest
 
Sheds & Stables Direct.
2 x 3.6m x 3.6m.
Twice and its slightly wonky now.
Metal skids.
No but it is parked close to some woods and hidden from the prevailing wind.
Gutter at the front, although I am going to remove it as I no longer have a water butt under the downpipe and its now more trouble.
Flooring N/A - I have 100 bales in each stable on pallets.
 
My dad and I have just finished building one,it is 10 x 12 and on wooden skids with onduline roofing and guttering at the back.It will have rubber mattuing down once I've levelled the floor.We've had bad gales with trees down but the shelter hasn't shifted,but we did make it extremely sturdily.It cost around £500 to build.
 
What make is your shelter? National Stables
Size? 22 x 10
How often have you moved it? 4 or 5 times
Does it have metal or wooden skids? Or wheels? Metal
Do you fix it down in windy weather? No
Do you have overhangs and drainpipes on it? Yes
What flooring, if any, do you use? Road scalpings covered in carpet

What make is your shelter? Harvest
Size? 12 x 10
How often have you moved it? Lots
Does it have metal or wooden skids? Or wheels? Wheels
Do you fix it down in windy weather? No
Do you have overhangs and drainpipes on it? Yes
What flooring, if any, do you use? Road scalpings covered in carpet
 
We have two 11x11 shelters built by The Timber Yard for around £1000 each. Both have overhangs but no gutters (but I keep meaning to put them on). One is on metal skids and was moved from a paddock down a hill to a yard (by the original company two years later while they were building the second one). They said the thick wooden skids it is built on would have been good enough to tow it with (we added the metal skids ourselves, had them made by a local metalwork firm pretty cheaply). Now both shelters have had doors added and have pallets with grass mats for floors as we use them to store large round hay bales (two per shelter). Despite being in a very windy, exposed spot in the Pennines they have never moved a millimetre even though they are not secured down.
 
Forgot to mention that the first time we moved mine, we needed a LR Discovery and a Nissan Navara strung together to shift it. We also needed a farm jack, blocks, cargo straps, etc. to get it out of the ruts it had settled in to. The second time we used a bulldozer (happened to be there). We have moved it a third time and used a tractor. A tractor is best as you can lift the shelter to unstick it using the hydraulic arms. Lifting also helps to turn the shelter on the spot rather than have to make wide sweeping turns.
 
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